Using the vRealize Certificate Generation tool to assist with creating signed certificates

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides an overview of the VMware vRealize Certificate Generation tool as well as access to the tool.

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 7.0.x
VMware vRealize Automation Desktop 6.2.x
VMware vRealize Automation 6.2.x
VMware vRealize Business Standard 6.x

Resolution

To use the VMware vRealize Certificate Generation tool, perform these steps:

1. Download the vRealize Certificate Generation Tool.zip.
2. Extract the zip file.
3. Once zip file has been extracted, copy the certgen.sh file to your VMware vRealize Automation Appliance and to the /tmp directory.
4. Log in to the appliance as root.
5. Change the certgen.sh permissions to execute by using the command chmod u+x certgen.sh
6. Run the script with ./certgen.sh
7. *Follow the prompts to add server and domain names, and generate the signing request.
8. Import the signed cert into the same directory as vrealize.crt.
9. Import the root CA cert into the same directory as Root64.cer.

* If you wish to generate a list of SAN names including FQDN, short, and/or IP addresses, you can create the list in a file called servers.txt and place it in the same directory as the certgen.sh tool prior to running certgen.

Note: After completion, you will have a proper .pem file suitable for signing your VMware vRealize product.

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